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The United States Supreme Court will be taking another look at a previous ruling that granted Myriad Genetics, Inc. patents on two gene mutations that are tied to hereditary breast and ovarian cancers. The original decision that declared that genes can be patentable was upheld by the US Court...

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United Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit The United States Supreme Court signaled skepticism about broad software patents Monday when it ordered reconsideration of an online advertising patent. The high court asked the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to reconsider its decision approving the...

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It is no more of an empirical question than whether she is Jewish. We know she is Jewish, and it is a fact simply and rightly put in the public square. If she were to hide her Jewishness, it would seem rightly odd, bizarre, anachronistic, even arguably self-critical or self-loathing....

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GPS image by iFixit It’s been almost a month since the United States Supreme Court offered a decision in the case of United States v. Antoine Jones that was hailed as a major victory for privacy advocates. But upon reflection, it seems like while the court opened the door...

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In 2010, a district court ordered isoHunt to implement a filter to exclude movie and TV show-related terms from its search engine. Despite running the filter for some time the Canada-based torrent search engine hoped to have the decision overruled on appeal, but in March this year that aim suffered...

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Appeal denied United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court this morning declined (PDF) to hear the appeal of admitted file-swapper Joel Tenenbaum, who recently asked the court to consider the proper process for slashing his $675,000 damage award. The trial judge in Tenenbaum's case initially ruled that the jury...

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The United States Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a coalition of human rights groups and journalists has standing to challenge the 2008 FISA Amendments Act. The Obama administration has argued that because none of the plaintiffs can prove that their communications were intercepted by any of the government's...

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An Oklahoma lawmaker has proposed levying a new tax on violent video games. Oklahoma Democrat Will Fourkiller has suggested the tax be applied to all games that receive an ESRB rating, which is intended for adults only. In addition, Fourkiller thinks T-Rated games should also have a tax added to the cost...

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The United States Supreme Court today voted to uphold the Affordable Care Act (informally referred to as ObamaCare), the health care reform bill that will require nearly all Americans to have health insurance coverage. It’s a very, very big deal — and it’s apparent on social media sites that many...

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Credit: U.S. Embassy, Jakarta The Obama Administration has stepped into a long-running file-sharing lawsuit in Minnesota, urging the United States Supreme Court not to get involved in a six-figure verdict against a young mother from Northern Minnesota. The feds don't buy the woman's argument that the massive size of...

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The United States Supreme Court this week held arguments about the constitutionality of same-sex marriage in the country. On the docket were two laws that perhaps affects someone you know: California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act. As battles waged on inside the hallowed halls the nation’s highest court,...

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The United States Supreme Court rejected a request from a Chicago-area prosecutor to review a recent ruling that the First Amendment protects a right to record the actions of police officers as they perform their public duties. The lower court's decision was hotly contested. A two-judge majority ruled in May that...

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NekaPearl The United States Supreme Court has once again ducked the issue of whether fining television stations for "indecent" broadcasts violates the First Amendment. In a Thursday ruling, the high court found that the Federal Communications Commission had failed to give the Fox and ABC networks adequate notice that...